Do the Founding Ideals Still Shape America at 250?

Inspired by Monticello’s Declaration Book Club, this webinar invites participants to grapple with the ideals at the heart of the Declaration of Independence and their meaning today. Jane Kamensky of Monticello, Eric Liu of Citizen University, and Academy President Laurie Patton will explore the Declaration’s enduring legacy, asking: Which of its ideas still resonate most? Can the ideas espoused by the founders have a life independent from the imperfect people who espoused them? And can the nation continue to renew itself through the promises of the Declaration? Join us for a discussion about the nation’s past, present, and possible future.